Has anyone used this antenna just for over the air and not cable or satellite and without the rotor? If someone has how is the reception?
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It is awsome. We live 50 miles from the nearest tv station. We also pick up stations close to 80 miles away. Picks up great. We only have antenna. And we live in the middle of no where. We keep signal in storms even. We mounted it up on a tower. Our rotor still works fine.
3763
It works great for us in our low area. We are over the air only. We pick up 15 channels and occasionally need to rotate the antennae. Hard rain and wind does affect it, but so does cable. Hope this helps ! Have a great day :)
3764
We live out in a rural area and we use this and have pretty good channels .. picture is awesome.. we love it
3765
reception is excellent..even for long distances... rotor broke after a few days..
3766
Yes. I bought this for my son who lived out in the country in VA. and he got over 70 channels. The reception was very good. I recommend this product.
3767
I'm currently using this antenna just for over the air tv signals. I got it during the winter and did not brave the cold to install it outside. I currently have it hanging in my attic and I don't use the rotor. If you go on-line you can find what direction to point the antenna towards to get maximum channels. The reception is damn good, but as with any antenna weather and cloud conditions do effect some of the channels. Over all I'm very happy with this antenna. It's a lot better than having a cable bill every month.
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the rotor is built in and you might miss stations by an inch if you don'y use it.I only use it for over the air because that's what it's for.
1182252
Well, it's a cool looking antenna, but with most people mentioning weak reception I'm having second thoughts. Although I mostly listen to Sirius...I have a 2014 JK...any comments?
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I love this antenna, and even though I do not have cable, it is connected to a small HDTV and I get all of the local channels and more that I used to have to use the converter box to get with old TV's. I have no reservations in recommending it. Hope that helps. Oh, and reception is excellent, picture very clear.
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at antennaweb (org) I determined I needed a small multi-directional antenna. I got this with my dvr+ and tried it inside and it worked for most of the channels but then I placed it outside under the eave (8' away) and have rarely had a problem. you can also read about antennas at the fcc (gov) site.
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what you are putting at the top and how big it is what is weighs is the primary concern. I have a single square OTA antenna and rotor at about 10 feet with no sign of problems. Only other issue is the diameter of the mast, too bad the don't make a reducing mast adapter to make it a bit lighter at the top.
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hey, i'm in the same prob here, looking for something to boost my weak signal for my regular tv. I don't use cable, just rabbit ears. Any sugestion which antenna is best or should i go look for booster?
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Myself just removed the over the air antenna and used extincting hole. Hope this helps
364300
We live in the hill country. our antenna is on our roof and we get great reception and no problem with the antenna rotating. after install we did have to go to menu in the T.V to have it search for all digital and analog signals. you might check and see if your T.V needs to do the same, before we had it do the search we could not see any channels. Also we had to point our antenna toward the city closest to us which was south west. Hope this helps.
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This antennae has worked very well for over the air transmissions. Our transmitters are within the 45 mi. range. With standard post mount, wind has not been an issue. There is a web site that will give transmitter locations for your area and antennae recommendations.
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I have a standard TV antenna on mine and it has handled all the weather SW Florida can throw at it. No problems with it over the past 5+ years! I get great free HD TV.
907937
Thank you for sharing your experence. sounds good for VHF. I am more into UHF myself. The UHF repeaters in my area are within 12 miles of my location, So I think It should do an above average job. Terrain considering of course. Thanks again.
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Hi, I'm in CT as well, 52 miles from the NYC transmitters. I was curious if you ending up using this antenna. If so, what kind of results have you had? I'm thinking of doing an attic mount but may go rooftop if needed. Where did you mount it? Have you noticed any seasonal issues with it (I'm concerned about when the trees are in bloom)? Thanks
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For me, wind is only a problem for CBS. All other stations are fine during high wind. CBS is low signal strength for me though. Maybe strengthening it so it does not sway as much in the wind will help. I'll do that next time I'm on the roof. This is the best antenna I've seen though. And for the price it is more than worth it.
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I'm sorry I don't have an answer for you, but I am wondering the same thing - did you ever find an antenna that works? Thanks!
876923
I installed an amplifier and several antenna's but nothing helped, image still breaks up. I took a road trip through several cites in Florida and had the same problem. Only strange thing was while driving around Altanta GA, I had perfect reception of Fox Ch 5 at 65mph for about 70 miles, from around Gainesville to Forsyth GA. I was watching the world series, this is the only time I had perfect reception.
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I'm curious, did you end up buying the antenna and setting it up? I live in central MA and because of the snow havent set this up yet, I was curious how your reception is.
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It will tune in any over-the-air broadcast that your digital antenna will pick up. The key here is the digital antenna. I used one when I moved a year and a half ago, and it was fine because I had good reception in the area. Then I moved again a couple of months ago, and I couldn't pick up anything...zero...zilch...nada! Where I'm at now, I'm kind of down in a valley, and it's impossible to pick up a signal. Bottom line, it will tune anything that your antenna will pick up.